Confidence is increasing that a cold front on Saturday will bring a range of severe weather impacts, including strong winds, large surf and beach erosion, and minor coastal flooding, per a Friday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Minor coastal flooding with 1-3 feet of inundation above ground level is possible […]
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Dare and Currituck Foster Children’s Fund Established at Outer Banks Community Foundation
A new endowed fund to support the needs of local foster children has been established by a Southern Shores couple at Outer Banks Community Foundation. Gary Reed is a Dare County Guardian ad Litem (GAL) volunteer; he and his wife, Dr. Elaine “Lainie” Walls Reed, are the parents of a son they adopted almost 40 years […]
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Gwendolyn Marie Taylor
Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend Gwendolyn Marie Taylor passed away at her home in Avon, NC with her family by her side on March 29, 2023 at the age of 78. She will be lovingly missed by her husband of 56 years, Donald “Donny” Taylor; son Donald Taylor, Jr. (Kim); […]
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Kellie Smith Baum
March 20, 1971 – March 26, 2023 WANCHESE — Kellie Smith Baum, 52, of Wanchese, NC died Sunday, March 26, 2023, at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC. Born in Carteret County, NC on March 20, 1971, she was the daughter of Louis Smith (Linda Taylor Smith) and the late Sheila Barnhill. At the […]
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Speed Limit to be lowered at west end of Old Manns Harbor Bridge
The N.C. Department of Transportation will be lowering the speed limit from 55 mph to 35 mph on about a half-mile of U.S. 64 at the west end of the William B. Umstead (known locally as the Old Manns Harbor) Bridge next week. The change comes in anticipation of a $33 million bridge preservation project […]
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Cape Hatteras “Surf, Sand, and Service” Baseball Tournament will be held March 31
The Cape Hatteras “Surf, Sand, and Service” Baseball Tournament, which honors military personnel and first responders, will be held at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School on Friday, March 31 During the tournament, Cape Hatteras will play two visiting teams from the Cary area: Green Hope and Panther Creek, which are both 4-A schools. The schedule […]
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Marine Fisheries Commission advisory committees to meet in April
The five advisory committees to the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission are scheduled to meet in April to discuss various fisheries topics. The meetings will be held in person and live-streamed on YouTube. Public comment will be accepted during the meetings. Those who wish to speak should attend in-person and sign up on site the day […]
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CHSS will host its first big theater production in 10 years with Finding Nemo Jr. on April 1
For the first time in a decade, a leading theater company is paying a visit to Hatteras Island to stage a big city-worthy musical, and to work with the talented students of the Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s (CHSS) Drama Club. The Hurrah Players, an acclaimed non-profit theater company out of Norfolk, Virginia, will be staging […]
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Strong winds, large surf, and severe storms possible on Saturday
There is increasing confidence that strong S to SW winds ahead of a cold front will bring impacts to the Outer Banks on Saturday, including possible coastal flooding, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Increasing southerly swell will result in large surf and beach erosion along beaches south of Cape […]
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Dare County announces Good Friday schedule changes and closures
In observance of Good Friday, all Dare County offices and facilities will be closed on Friday, April 7, 2023. In addition, Dare County Public Works—which provides trash collection for the unincorporated areas of the county as well as the Town of Kitty Hawk—has announced its revised collection schedule for the week of Monday, April 3, through Friday, April […]
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